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About European Nature Protection

The special nature reserve Jelašnica gorge is located in Ponišavlje and covers 115.73 ha. It stretches in the northwest–southeast direction. The gorge was formed by an intensive vertical incision of the Jelašnica river into limestone rocks, creating a narrow valley, with steep sides, about 1.5 km long. The sections of the gorge are gradually distributed and broken by water erosion into rocky capes, lonely teeth resembling structures, canvases and pillars. It is a habitat of numerous relict and endemic species. The symbols of this gorge are: Serbian ramonda (Ramonda serbica) and Nathalie’s ramonda (Ramonda nathaliae), tertiary relics of the Balkans. Together with the Sićevo gorge, it is the only locality in the Balkans where these species grow together.

Based on the Study of Protection of the Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, the Government of the Republic of Serbia declared the Jelašnica Gorge in 1995 as a protected area of the first category of protection, as an area of exceptional international and national importance.

Expert collaboration: Bogosav Stoiljković, Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia
The special nature reserve Trešnjica gorge covers an area of 595.38 ha and is located in Podrinje, in the lower part of the river Drina and extends in the east-west direction. The clear mountain river Trešnjica, just before merging with the Drina, carved a limestone gorge several kilometers long.

About 500 m deep, with cliffs that rise vertically above the flow of the river, the gorge in some places takes on the characteristics of a canyon valley, especially in the area of the confluence of the Tribuća and Trešnjica rivers. Many birds of prey nest in the gorge, such as the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) and the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), but it is primarily recognizable by a colony of griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) with about 45 individuals which is more and more numerous and stable thanks to the organized feeding and the work of the guard service.

Based on the Study of Protection of the Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, the Government of the Republic of Serbia declared the gorge of the river Trešnjica, a protected area of the first category of protection in 1993, as an area of international and national importance.